Improved apparatus for redistilling- whiskey and other spirits



*i tuited tant' deze @what f HENRY G. DAYTON, OF MAY'SVILLE, KE NTUCKY.Letters Patent No. 87,029, dated February 1G, 1869.

IMPROVED 'APPARATUS FOR REDISTILLING- WHISKEY AND OTHER SPIRITS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom tt may conce/rn Be it known that I, HENRY G. DAYTON, ot'Maysville, in the county of Mason, and State of Kentucky, have inventeda new and useful Apparatusv for Redistilling Whiskey; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thesame,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made a partof this specification, and of which- Figure l is a top view ofl myimproved apparatus,

' Figure 2 is a vertical central section of the same.

Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

This apparatus is for redistilling and removing the impurities fromwhiskeyafter it has been produced by the ordinary process. Y

I shall proceed to describe the invention in connection with theaccompanying drawings, in order that others skilled in the art may beenabled to fully understand and use the same.

The charge of whiskey to beredistilled is placed in any suitablereceiver, A, which may have an internal annular heater or steam-coil,whereby to boil or vaporize the whiskey.

B is a Vertical passage or tube, in which the vapors, having no othercourse or mode of egress, ascend as they leave the heater' A.

When the vapors reach the topo` the conducting- ,pipe B, they aredeected in a downward direction by the top of the annular chamber C,whose walls encompass the pipe B.

The vapors are eiectnally condensed as they descend in the chamber C,and the resultant liquor or whiskey is discharged by a pipe, D, into aworm, to be cooled.

In order to make saidcbdensation of a most thorough and expeditiouscharacter, a series of downwardlyinclined annular flanges, B, is fixedto the exterior .of the pipe B. 1

jacket E. I

The condensing-water is admitted to the jacket by a pipe, F,- at itslower end, and led off by a pipe, G, at top. Hence the water thusapplied is somewhat warm when it reaches the top of the chamber-(l, andas it is desirablethat the vapors be brought in contact with a goodcondensing-surface at the point where its upward passage is interceptedand its downward course commences, a special supply of cold water isdischarged upon the crown of the chamber C, upon which is mounted aperforated distributing-cup,.H. l l

This process has been tested fairly, and has resulted in the productionof an article whose quality is unequalled by the best double-distilledwhiskey produced by other processes heretofore known.

Whiskey produced by this process d oes not lose those essential ether-sor properties which produce a peculiarly desirable flavor, which isdestroyed by the ordinary rectifying-processes.

Having thus described my invention,

l What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The herein-described condensing-column or structure, consisting ofthe central ascending passage oi' chamber B, the chamber C, encompassingthe same, and the exterior water-jacket or receptacle, arrangedsubstantially as set forth.

and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY G. DAYTON.

Witnesses J AMES S. GRINNELL, G. D. Smm.'

These flanges constitute deflectors, compelling vapors, as they descend,to hug the cold external walls-1 r of the chamber O, which is surroundedby the water-f1 2. The deecting-ilanges B', appliedin the4 manner

